Rails Across the Harbour – Folkestone and its Branch Line This book focuses on the

This book focuses on the ferry division of company since the Skagen I entered service in mid-sixties to ‘E Flexer’ vessels on the Irish Sea and the various ships in the series which now operate for other leading ferry operators in Europe

many local names are recorded

Southern Ferries

the extensive Danish services and also those across the Baltic operated by German

Scotland’s first ‘inter-city’ route of 44½ miles was opened by the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway Company to Haymarket in 1842

Rails Across the Harbour – Folkestone and its Branch Line This book focuses on theFew visitors who today walk along the quiet platforms at Folkestone Harbour station, or venture further out to the lighthouse, can have any idea of how the entire area once functioned as a vital link with the Continent and a cohesive commercial operation. Rails across the Harbour tells the story of the Folkestone Harbour branch railway, its station and pier while also exploring the engines, trains and cross Channel ships with which it was associated